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Faces of Distracted Driving: John Sligting

For National Distracted Driving Awareness month, we are posting a third video to shed light on the tragedies caused by distracted driving. Today's video comes from the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois and was published by the Department of Transportation. This is the last in our series of posts sharing the "Faces of Distracted Driving."

The facts of John’s case are tragic:

On June 13, 2007, 56-year-old John Sligting was killed when a teen driver talking on her cell phone rolled through a stop sign and into the path of his motorcycle.

Sharing the "Faces of Distracted Driving"

In posting these powerfully moving videos of the "Faces of Distracted Driving", I hope to raise awareness about the real dangers of distracted driving.

Please join me in raising awareness about this significant problem: use the “share”, “like” and “tweet” icons by the bottom of this page to remind your friends about the dangers of distracted driving.

Working to Eliminate Distracted Driving

As a member of the National Advisory Board for APITLA, I have committed myself to reducing the dangerous practice of distracted driving from our roadways. As an organization, APITLA — the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America — has pledged to work aggressively within the law through learning, legislation and litigation to achieve its mission of dramatically reducing the number of traffic accidents, injuries and deaths across America that are caused by those trucking companies who are unsafe.

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